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+GNU Rocket
+==========
+GNU Rocket is an intuitive new way of... bah, whatever. It's a sync-tracker,
+a tool for synchronizing music and visuals in demoscene productions. It
+consists of a GUI editor that runs on Microsoft Windows, and an ANSI C
+library that can either communicate with the editor over a network socket,
+or play back an exported data-set.
+
+Compile Editor
+--------------
+GNU Rocket compiles using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. Open editor.sln and
+select "Build" -> "Build Solution" from the menu to build the editor.
+
+Compile Example
+---------------
+GNU Rocket contains an example client called example_bass. This is a simple
+Direct3D 9.0 and BASS audio library application, that demonstrates how to
+use the GNU Rocket API.
+
+Before compiling the example, you need to make sure you have a recent
+Microsoft DirectX and BASS SDKs. These can be downloaded from the following
+web-sites:
+
+http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/
+http://www.un4seen.com/
+
+Once the prerequisites are installed, the example can be compiled much like
+the editor; by opening examples.sln and selecting "Build" -> "Build Solution"
+from the menu.
+
+Bugs and feed-back
+------------------
+Please report bugs or other feed-back to the GNU Rocket mailing list:
+rocket-users@lists.sourceforge.net
+
+Patches or technical questions can be sent to the developer-list:
+rocket-developers@lists.sourceforge.net